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=What are some ways you can use available technology to support learning at home?=

Computer Internet Digital Cameras
 * Tools:**
 * PhotoStory
 * MovieMaker
 * iMovie
 * GarageBand
 * Audacity
 * Slideshows
 * Movies
 * Digital Stories
 * Blogs
 * Google Docs
 * Presentations
 * Forms
 * Drawings
 * Audio/Visual Capture
 * Voicethread

Tasks: How can we reduce or eliminate the amount of worksheets we send home with the students? Challenge is to take one piece of homework per week and give a digital option. ie.
 * Vocabulary or Spelling words--type them in a word processing program, email them to me, print them out or post them online.
 * Extensions: use a different font, use them in a sentence, insert a picture that describes the word
 * Math exercises: Use a fact building game available online, email teacher the link with short description of time spent playing.
 * Chinese: www.betterchinese.com, email teacher a description of time spent online
 * Learning numbers, colors, shapes: take pictures of 1 white square, 2 orange triangles, 3 green things, 4 red things, 5 blue things, etc. Upload to a slideshow site and save.